But that doesn't mean the government has stopped trying to use its $3.6 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves to calm the chaos. And that huge number has been a comfort to observers around the world.

But the true picture of China's fortress foreign-exchange reserve pile is far more complicated than that. China's reserves have been taking a hit from massive capital outflows for months now. Over the last seven weeks alone, $190 billion has left the country.

This is the number to watch. With every month, that reserve pile dwindles at an accelerated rate. Panic only makes that rate accelerate. Ca…

Independent Bernie Sanders is closing in on Hillary Clinton in Iowa, narrowing the gap to a single-digit lead, according to a new poll.

A Des Moines Register/Bloomberg poll released Saturday found that 37 percent of likely Democratic caucus goers say Hillary Clinton is their first choice for president, compared to 30 percent for Sanders. In June, Sanders trailed Clinton by a much wider margin, with 24 percent to Clinton's 50 percent.

Fourteen percent chose Vice President Joe Biden, who is mulling a presidential run. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley would garner three percent, and former Virginia Senator Jim Webb would be the first choice of two percent.

It's worth noting that in this poll, Sanders isn't a protest choice for those who support him: the vast majority - 96 percent - …

ENSENADA, A QUIET sunny city tucked between the Pacific Ocean and Mexico's Sierra de San Pedro Mártir mountains, is built on fishing. Every day, long-line vessels and fiberglass sport-fishing boats come into port to unload their catch: sea bass and yellowtail, sea urchin and lobsters, red and blue parrot fish, bright-orange vermilion rockfish and other colorful species.

On a mild day, I walked from the port into the sedate downtown where, in countless stands made from painted plywood and Coca-Cola signs, much of that seafood was being turned into an iconic local dish: fish tacos. Chunks of mako shark and handfuls of shrimp were dipped in beer-based batter and fried in por…

ANKARA (Online) – A large number of Turks had a first hand experience of the taste, juiciness and aroma of the famous Pakistani mango varieties as they converged at Pakistan House in Ankara on Friday evening to feast on a wide spread of mango delights made out of freshly-arrived mangoes from Pakistan.

While Briefing the guests about the ‘King of Fruits,’ a popular name for Pakistani mangoes, Ambassador Sohail Mahmood said though Pakistani Mangoes are well-known in Turkey, but are not available to mango-lovers on a regular basis. It was our endeavour to popularize the mangoes even more, and to facilitate their easier marketing in Turkey, he added.

“There are over 110 varieties of high quality mangoes in Pakistan and the country is the 5th largest producer and 6th largest exporter in the world,”according to press statement issued on Saturday.

Chairman of Pakistan-Turkey Cultural Association and Member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Burhan K…